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general practitioner (GP) Etymology: L, genus, kind; Gk, praktikos, practical general practitioner, n a medical doctor who attends to the everyday medical needs of individuals within a community. general practitioner A physician who practices 'general medicine', often an older physician who did not specialize in any field of medicine after graduation from medical school. Cf Family practitioner, Generalist. Patient discussion about General practitioners. Q. What is the process a general physician would use to diagnose adult ADHD? I'm have an appointment with my primary care physician to be screened for adult ADHD. Does anyone know what he will do in order to test and diagnose me? A. Actually I was just diagnosed with ADHD. I'm 57. My doctor sent me to a phyciatrist, and he asked me several questions. Gave me a scrip and want to see me back in a month. I answered 26 questions, and he rated on my answers. Read more or ask a question about General practitionersHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Network of Carets Associations in Australia has released a new time-efficient resource for general practitioners, practice nurses and nurses working in aged and community care. Tokyo, Japan, June 9, 2006 - (JCN) - From November to December 2005, the company conducted a survey of 725 general practitioners (less than 20 beds) and 906 hospitals (more than 300 beds), and received valid responses from 554 general practitioners (GPs) and 176 hospitals (HPs). Among women using emergency contraception, the proportion obtaining it from general practitioners was 62% in 2000 and 49% in 2002; the proportion getting it from family planning clinics was 33% in 2000 and 18% two years later. |
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